Black Sisal Basket
Bold color and real durability meet in the black sisal basket, a Kenyan market tote built to be carried and seen.
Each basket is hand-dyed and handwoven in Kenya from strong, sustainable sisal, the fiber of the sisal (cactus) plant, then finished with leather handles. The result is a one-of-a-kind pattern in vivid color. Every piece is fairly traded and supports the weaver who made it.
Carry it to the farmers market, use it for yarn or toy storage, or stand it in a corner as a woven accent. As a Kenya sisal basket it is as tough as it is beautiful.
You will receive one handwoven basket, roughly 20 to 24 inches in diameter and 12 to 14 inches tall, in an assorted colorway. Materials: sisal and leather.
Product Size: Approximately 20-24 inches in diameter x 12-14 inches Tall
Weaving Details
These basket weavers demonstrate amazing patience and concentration as they create each beaded wire basket. They string tiny colored glass beads on wire in meticulous fashion to create the patterns.
The only tool that the weavers use is a pair of pliers to manipulate and cut the wire. Most patterns are created from ideas the weavers have. Sometimes they will sketch an idea on paper and then try to reproduce it as a basket.
These baskets are traditionally given as gifts. For example, the bowls are given from mother to daughter at her wedding ceremony to symbolize the woman’s ability to care for husband and family.
The small lidded containers are given from grandmothers to granddaughters at the wedding. The baskets hold bracelets and earrings that mark her status as a newly married woman.
Beaded Wire Baskets in Kenya
The weavers come from both the Maasai and Kikiyu cultures and are located North of Nairobi, Kenya. Two dozen weavers have organized into this group to skillfully create these baskets.
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